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[ adverb ] with everything considered (and neglecting details)

Examples

"altogether, I'm sorry it happened" "all in all, it's not so bad"

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

It was rather a childish game , all_in_all , but everybody seemed to be getting_into the spirit of the thing and he could not remember when he had enjoyed planning anything quite so much .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

All_in_all , they had six drinks .

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